Washboiler.



.|. CERPIAL.

WASHBOILER.

APPLICATION FILEDIIIAR.24,I9I1.

Lg Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

, f7 y I Lw i M J @num/Iron IGNACY CERPIAL, 0F SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WASHBOILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

Application led March 24, 1917. Serial No. 157,119.

T0 all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, IGNACY CERPIAL, a subject of the Czar of Russia,resident ot' South Bend, county of St. Joseph, and State ot Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboilers, ofwhich the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in domestic wash boilers, and hasas its special object the provision of means in which clothes may bethoroughly boiled and brought into contact with cleansing solutionsvcontained in the boiler without danger of scorching and without theescape of steam into the apartment.

A further object of the invention 'is to provide means combined with theboiler which permit of a thorough cleansing of the interior, whereby anyaccumulations may be removed. i

These and other like objects are attaine by the novel construction andcombination ot' parts hereafter' described and shown in the accompanyingdrawing, forming a material part of this specification, and in whichFigure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the center of theboiler.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The invention comprises anexterior cylindrical casing 10 having attachedthereto a bottom plate 11 and provided with handles 13 and a wirebeading 12 around its top edge.

An arcuate cover 14 having extending annular edges 15 is adapted to restupon the beading 12 and has formed with it a cylindrical extension 16,the same being adapted to lit closely within the walls 10 of the boiler.

Transversely disposed between the handles 17 on the top of the arcuatecover 14 is a cup l shaped vessel 18 through the center of which extendsa valve 19 having a control handle 20 by which it may be operated, thelower side of the valve being engaged with a square tubular projection22 adapted to eX- tendk downwardly within the boiler 10.

A circular plate 25 is disposed within the boiler 10, resting uponannular hanged edges 26, the plate having a plurality of ne perforations27 formed through it so that the water contained in the chamber belowthe plate 25V can readily pass therethrough and mingle with the clothingdisposed on it.`

Secured centrally ot the perforate plate 25 is a hollow cone 28, itsupper end extending nearly to the top edge of the boiler 10, andcontaining a square opening receptive ot' the stem 22 by which the plateand cover are relatively located.

Should an excess of pressure arise within the cone 28, it may passoutward through the passage within the square extension 22 when thevalve 19 is opened.

In operation, the plate 27 being placed in position, the clothes arelaid uniformly within the annular space contained between the cone 28and interior walls 10 of the wash boiler, the cover 14 being applied inposition. If it be desired to move the clothes so as to increase thecirculation of the boiling water, the cover 14 may bel rotated withret'- erence to the casing 10, whereby moving they clothes to be washedis effected, and it will be noticed that all excess or overflow from thesquare tube 22 is received within the cup 18 from whence it can bereadily disposed.

It will be further evident that loosened particles from the soiledgarments, together with any solid, heavy material, will pass through theperforations in the plate 25 into the chamber below it and that the sameare readily removed by raising the cone and attached plate.

I claim In a boiler of the class described, the combination with acylindrical vessel, a per- ;torate plate supported therein, meanspermitting the withdrawal of said plate, said means consisting of ahollow cone having a square opening in its upper point, an arcuate coverfitted to said vessel having a portion engageable within the wallsthereof, a cup secured centrally of said cover, a hollow square stemaiiiXed in said cup and cover, said stem extending into the opening inthe top of said cone, and means for opening or closing the passagethrough said extension.

In testimony whereof I have atxed my signature.

IGNACY CERPIAL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

